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Talmud

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What is the Talmud? | Unpacked

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The Talmud as Icon

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Learning Torah from the Talmud's Greatest Gentiles

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The Iranian Talmud: Reading the Talmud in its Sasanian Context

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Ancient Jewish Meditation Literature

The Talmud is the central text of Rabbinic Judaism and the primary source of Jewish religious law and theology. Until the advent of modernity, in nearly all Jewish communities, the Talmud was the centerpiece of Jewish cultural life and was foundational to "all Jewish thought and aspirations", serving also as "the guide for the daily life" of Jews.
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